Please click the “play” buttons below to listen to individual selections from Mr. Parmer's most recent demo recordings. Recorded in 2011 and 2012 at Southminster United Church, Ottawa, Mr. Parmer performs a wide variety of material with pianist Jean Desmarais. To download a ZIP archive of the entire collection please click here (71 megabytes).

Opera

“la fleur que to m’avais jetée” from Bizet’s Carmen
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"Se all impero amici Dei" from Mozart's La clemenza di Tito







“Salut! Demure chaste et pure” from Gounod’s Faust







"Willst jenes Tags" from Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer







"Di tu se fedele" from Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera







"Go There" from Britten's Peter Grimes







"Meco all'altar di venere" from Bellini's Norma







"La mia letizia infondere" from Verdi's I Lombardi








Concert

“Comfort Ye/Every Valley” from Handel’s Messiah







“Nature Immense” from Berlioz’s Damnation de Faust







"Ingemisco" from Verdi's Requiem







"Deposuit" from Bach's Magnificat








Mr Parmer with his vocal coach, Bill Schuman, photographed in New York City, August 2012.

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